Tarot Productions Liquidation

From Tarot Productions:

TAROT PRODUCTIONS: 2002 – 2012

Ten Years
Ten Releases
Ten Acknowledgements To Our Artists

...We are currently in the process of liquidating the remnants of inventory and discharging what we have next to nothing price wise.  Labels/Distributors/Customers: please e-mail the following address if you have interest in the remaining titles:

tarotproductions@sbcglobal.net

http://tarotproductions.com/catalog.php

TYRANTZ EMPIRE - Merauderz of the Monolith – The Omega Chapter
Format: Digipack CD
Catalog Number: Card 010

PROSCRIPTOR - 726
Format: Digipack CD
Catalog Number: CARD 008

STARCHASER NETWORK – Starchaser Network
Format: Digipack CD
Catalog Number: CARD 005

EQUITANT - Konstruckteur
Format: Digipack CD
Catalog Number: CARD 004

EQUITANT - Zeit
Format: Digipack CD
Catalog Number: CARD 003

"Hall Of The Masters" Video Released

Via Earsplit:

Mythological occult metal discoverers ABSU announce the release of their new video (their first in 14 years), produced for the anthem “Hall Of The Masters,” courtesy of this year’s Adult Swim Singles Program. Once again, the band has showcased their signature style of occult black/thrash mythology to dark, new, calculating territories. The audio was recorded earlier this year at Nomad Recording Studios in Carrollton, Texas and mixed by J.T. Longoria. (King Diamond, Solitude Aeternus), the video for the song then filmed by director Daniel Garcia.

Stated ABSU vocalist/drummer Proscriptor on the creation of the visual magnum opus: “’Hall Of The Masters’ is a conceptual video concerning the wedlock between a speculum of apparitions and the rite of transfiguration. The mortality featured in the video is unexpectedly visited by the Elder Ones and swept from Earth by the form of the Master. Every dream of man and woman is superlatively coiled by the Lamia!”


Video is Here.

"Absu" and "Abzu" Picture Disc LPs Coming in 2013

Hammerheart Records has announced they will release "Absu" and "Abzu" as Picture Disc LPs in 2013.  A more concrete release date will be announced later.

And don't forget, ABSU's new video, "Hall of the Masters" will debut this Monday!

In the meantime, here is a performance of "Vorago" from the Slaughter By The Water III.

Interesting Information Regarding "Absu" Album From 2001

One of ABSU's old websites originally posted this information regarding the upcoming "Absu" album on January 25th, 2001 (source).

Absu is already composing and arranging the hymns for their 6th release, which shall be self-titled as Absu. This opus will contain extremely fast-paced, yet Sumerian/Mesopotamian lyrically-based hymns, which is something the band has not conceived since Barathrum: V.I.T.R.I.O.L and The Sun of Tiphareth. The band has even decided to go back to using their initial pseudonyms, such as Shaftiel - The Lord of All Shadows, Lord Equitant Alastor, and Emperor Proscriptor Magikus. It seems that the band's immortal essence keeps transpiring from one realm onto the next constantly. The band will try to use Roger Dean, of Yes/Uriah Heep fame, for the cover illustration, but it may be too much for Absu to handle financially. Working song titles thus far are:


---Akhera-Goiti Akhera-Beiti (One Black Opalith For Tomorrow) (new version)
---Amy
---Immortal Sorcery 2002 (new version)
---They Swarmed Fourth In Their Multitudes And Darkness Ruled The Earth
---Sanga Temple
---Voor
---In The Name Of Auebothiabathabaithobeaee
---Magick Square Cipher
---Twix Yesterday, Today, And The Morrow
---Our Earth Of Black
---Sceptre Of Command
---Curse Of Agade
---The Last Of Ibbi-Sin
---Nunbarshegunu
---Of Ye Times And Ye Seasons To Be
---Between The Absu of Eridu And Eresh

So as you can see, the hymns of the album "Absu" had been planned for quite some time.

New Single/Video and Tour Dates/Festival Appearances Update

ABSU has released a new single titled "Hall of the Masters" through Adult Swim's 2012 Singles Series.

You can hear it here.

Long time fans may recognize this title as it has been around since the announcement of the tracklist of 'Tara' in 2001, however it remained unrecorded until now. All information regarding the track (including lyrics) are posted on the website now.

Not to be confused with the demo version of "Stone of Destiny" from the 2005 compliation 'Mythological Occult Metal' which was referred to as the "Hall of the Masters" version.

An official video to accompany the song will be released on September 10, directed by filmmaker Daniel Garcia.

Current Tour Dates:
August 25, 2012 – Slaughter By The Water III – Alameda, CA
August 31, 2012 – Steel Metal Bunker – San Luis Potosi, Mexico (w/ MALEVOLENT CREATION)
September 1, 2012 – Flying Circus – Mexico City, Mexico (w/ HATE ETERNAL & MALEVOLENT CREATION)
November 9, 2012 – Medellin, Columbia
November 10, 2012 – Cali, Columbia
November 11, 2012 – Bogata, Columbia
November 13, 2012 – TBA – Chile
November 15, 2012 – TBA – Brazil
November 16, 2012 – Beco – Porto Alegre, Brazil
November 17, 202 – Music Hall – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
November 18, 2012 – Carioca Club – São Paulo, Brazil

25 Minute High Quality Live Performance Video

Here is high quality live performance footage of ABSU performing at Glaz'art in Paris France on April 8th, 2012 during the European Connexus Conjuration Tour.

Tracklist:

1. Feis Mor Tir Na N'og (incorrectly labeled as Highland Tyrant Attack)
2. Earth Ripper
3. Abraxas Connexus
4. The Coming of War
5. Never Blow Out The Eastern Candle

ABSU Glossary Now Available

With the large amount of esoteric lexicon ABSU uses in their music, sometimes a glossary would be nice.  The band utilized one for the album "Tara" but now there is an all encompassing glossary available on the website under "Lyrical Magick".  The webmaster is extremely thankful to the following (IAO) for their contributions to the glossary: Andrea, Sean Conover, Barbara Francone.